Overview
- Acting on specific intelligence, officers intercepted a female passenger arriving from Colombo at Mumbai’s CSMIA shortly after she landed.
- A baggage examination recovered nine pouches concealed inside coffee packets, with the contents weighing 4.7 kg.
- Preliminary field tests under the NDPS protocol indicated the substance was cocaine, with lab confirmation to follow.
- Investigators apprehended the intended recipient at the airport, then detained three more suspects linked to financing, logistics and distribution.
- All five have been booked under the NDPS Act, the consignment is valued at about Rs 47 crore, and a probe is underway to trace the wider trafficking network.